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Inside the Ring~

A jihadist website posted a new threat by al Qaedathis week that promises to conduct “shocking” attacks on the United States and the West.

The posting appeared on the Ansar al Mujahidin network Sunday and carried the headline, “Map ofal Qaedaand its future strikes.”

The message, in Arabic, asks: “Where will the next strike byal Qaedabe?” A translation was obtained by Inside the Ring.

“The answer for it, in short: The coming strikes byal Qaeda, with God’s Might, will be in the heart of the land of nonbelief, America, and in France, Denmark, other countries in Europe, in the countries that helped and are helpingFrance, and in other places that shall be named by al Qaedaat other times,” the threat states.

The attacks will be “strong, serious, alarming, earth-shattering, shocking and terrifying.”

Under a section of the post on the method of the attacks, the unidentified writer said the strikes would be “group and lone-wolf operations, in addition to the use of booby-trapped vehicles.”

“All operations will be recorded and published in due time,” the message said. “LetFrancebe prepared, and let the helpers ofFrancebe prepared, for it is going to be a long war of attrition.”

The reference toFranceappears linked to the group’s plans for retaliation against the French-led military strikes in northern Maliin operations to oustal Qaedaterrorists from the North African country.

The Ansar al-Mujahidin network is a well-known jihadist forum that in the past has published reliably accurate propaganda messages fromal Qaedaand its affiliates.

U.S. counterterrorism actions over the past 10 years have preventedal Qaedafrom conducting major attacks. However, U.S. officials warn that the group continues to be dangerous, despite the killing of its top leaders in drone strikes and special operations.

A U.S. official said the threat is being taken seriously by theU.S. government.

“Extremists regularly make threats online,” he told Inside the Ring. “This one is not particularly unusual, but of course should be taken seriously.”

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